Flora Cruft (MBACP, UKCP Reg) Psychotherapist & Counsellor |  |
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Flora Cruft 18 Gandy Street Exeter Devon EX4 3LS View map |
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tel: 01404 831 126 or 07816 894 435
web: www.southwesttherapy.co.uk Click here to Email me |
Profile
I am an experienced, qualified psychotherapist, a warm and open-minded person offering confidential counselling and psychotherapy to individuals face to face, by telephone and online, in central Exeter (some reduced rates available). I can offer either brief counselling or longer term psychotherapy, adapting the therapy to suit your individual needs and circumstances. I see clients Monday-Friday, during the day, and in the evening.
I am skilled at working with:
Depression and lack of motivation
Stress and Anxiety
Lack of confidence and low self esteem
Relationship and family problems
Loss and bereavement
Life changes and decision making
Personal crisis
Feeling isolated and hopeless
Sexual and gender concerns
Physical, sexual and emotional abuse
Rape and trauma
Distressing thoughts, feelings, memories
Creativity
I counsel individuals in private practice and have experience of counselling in an educational organisation. I work primarily as an Existential psychotherapist and counsellor, while integrating knowledge of other approaches such as CBT and Mindfulness into my practice.
The aim of existential psychotherapy is to help you clarify and reflect upon your situation. Through dialogue together we can discover what it is you feel you most deeply want and need, and put these discoveries into practice to help you make changes for a more rewarding life. Through the process of knowing and understanding yourself better, you can move from being stuck in a particular pattern of behaviour, feeling, or situation, to finding a way forward towards fulfilling your potential.
My role as your therapist offers you:
Emotional and practical support for your present needs
A non-judgmental listening ear
Honest and helpful feedback
New, objective perspectives on difficult concerns
Sensitivity to your cultural and ethnic origins, religious beliefs and sexual orientation.
Flexibility, adapting the therapy to suit your needs and circumstances
My Practice Location:
Massage & Wellbeing
18 Gandy Street
Exeter
EX4 3LX
www.massageandwellbeing.co.uk
Training, Qualifications & Experience
Registered Psychotherapist with UK Council for Psychotherapy.
Professional Member of British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy.
Advanced Diploma in Existential Psychotherapy.
MA in Integrative Psychotherapy & Counselling.
Foundation Certificate in Integrative Psychotherapy & Counselling.
My extensive 5 year training was undertaken at the School of Psychotherapy and Counselling Psychology, Regents College, London.
I am also professionally trained in:
The Sexual & the Erotic in Psychotherapy with SPCP Regent's College;
The Client-Therapist Relationship with the British Association of Dramatherapists;
Sexual Abuse & Working with Trauma, Abuse & Dissociation with S.A.L;
Mindfulness with Michael Chaskalson;
Mental Health Saneline training programme endorsed by the Royal College of Psychiatrists;
BA Hons Drama.
I work in accordance with the BACP Ethical Framework for Good Practice in Counselling and Psychotherapy, to maintain a high standard of clinical practice. I regularly engage in Continued Professional Development.
I previously counselled adults within a charitable organisation in London. Ive been working in the field of mental health since 2001, and as a psychotherapist and counsellor since 2004. I am founder of the South West Existential Psychotherapy Alliance, which is a regional network for Existential therapists, trainees and others interested in the approach www.southwesttherapy.co.uk. I am a board member and trustee of the Society for Existential Analysis www.existentialanalysis.co.uk
I am also a professional trainer. I am running the following upcoming workshops:
10th October 2008 - Mindfulness workshop, Sidmouth.
14th October 2008 - Marketing your private practice, Exeter.
1st November 2008 - Counselling skills for the caring professions: an introductory workshop, Exeter.
9th May 2009 - Supporting rape survivors, Exeter.
16th May 2009 - Therapeutic ways of working with rape and trauma, Exeter.
14th November 2009 - Supporting rape survivors, Exeter.
21st November 2009 - Therapeutic ways of working with rape and trauma, Exeter.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Physical disability (therapy for the disabled and/ or their carers);
Rape;
Distressing thoughts, feelings and memories;
Loss;
Creativity;
Life changes and decision making.
Fees
My standard fee for a fifty minute face-to-face session is £40. I currently also have a limited number of low cost therapy slots available. Please ask about this if cost is preventing you from accessing therapy with a qualified therapist.
Fee prices for telephone and online counselling are available upon request, please contact me for details.
Further Information
What is the process of psychotherapy and counselling like?
One of the ways people try to cope with difficult thoughts and feelings is to ignore them, or lock them away inside themselves. Unfortunately this does not work, as we carry these feelings around within us, and the pain at the heart of them does not disappear. Psychotherapy and counselling encourages you to get back in touch with these feelings in a safe environment, and at your own pace. It is always your right to choose what you do and do not wish to discuss with me.
Psychotherapy & Counselling can help you cope with any difficulties you are experiencing. Exploring your thoughts and feelings in a safe, supportive and confidential space leads to a better understanding of yourself and your situation. The process can enable you to see the choices you can make to find a more fulfilling way of life.
